Why ‘And Then There Were None’ is perhaps the greatest work ever in crime fiction??

 ‘And Then There Were None’ is a Magnum Opus in crime fiction written by “The Queen of Crime-Agatha Christie”.

 

Stranded alone in a lavish mansion on an island in Devon, with a storm raging around, are ten strangers invited by a mysterious host all set to die one by one.

 

A homicidal maniac is bent on killing ten people in exactly the same way as is described in a #nurseryrhyme.

The book is short and the language used is simple. A small piece of advice, if you are a #tooimaginative person, try not to imagine some murders that sound gruesome. This will keep you from waking in the night imagining the murderer to be in your room.

 

The reason this is perhaps Christie’s masterpiece is that the plot is so adroitly planned with such precision and expertise that the readers are left wondering how it happened.

 

The focus of this crime fiction is on a deep sense of justice and psychological play. Foreboding and constant inevitability is going to keep you hooked to this book.

 

In fact, #agathachristie herself understood the value of this masterpiece as she wrote in her #autobiography ‘An Autobiography’, referring to #andthentherewerenone –“It was well received and reviewed but the person who was really pleased with it was me, for I knew better than any critic how difficult it had been.”

 

How the #murderer manages to isolate all his victims on the island, how s/he manages to kill them one by one, and how logical all the murders seem when they are revealed are for you to find out.

 

So, put on your #readingglasses grab your copy of the book and set out on this enthralling mystery told by a master storyteller.